Have you ever felt lost on the road of life?

Fuck no, I live for: Anime, magic the gathering, piano, collecting anime related shit, masturbating, and lolis. I live every moment feeling fulfilled, that doesn't mean I don't have a shitty day ever once in a while, but I'm very content. Because of that, I try to help depressed people out, this is mostly due to the fact that in 7th and 8th grade I had intense depression, medical issues, and suicidal thoughts, so I know how it can be.

I'm still lost in this world but I'm hoping a future wife and kids can clarify it to me.

Sometimes I forget everything, and when I say "everything" I mean literally everything. I forget what I was doing, what I want to do, who I am and what I have to do and I just sit there in complete silence and emptyness. It's quite a soothing feeling, having no burdens or problems at all.

A few times, I'll try to make a better response later. However, I have found ways to bounce back, even by school itself. It is a horrible feeling at times and I did really feel hopeless for about a year once.

everyday of my life

I feel this way a lot. I know what I want to do, but when I can't live up to my standards it eats me up. I'm working to become a doctor. Whenever I do poorly on a test I say to myself "This isn't right. I would want my own doctor to know what they were doing before they were responsible for my health." Usually, that's pretty motivating. However, when I feel I've tried my hardest and still did bad, I feel so guilty. I feel like I don't deserve to try again because I messed it up so bad this time. The only thing that motivates me are my friends. My best friend told me "if you feel bad about not being smart enough then either fix it or acknowledge it and get help. The big thing is not to just sit there and do nothing because that would make you a bad person."

Debt is also a good motivator. I dislike being broke.

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Yup, many times, especially when I attempted suicide .

But after time, I figured out what I wanted to do and set myself goals to live on

Ofc. If not then how would I know if it's the right direction?

During my senior year of HS. I got really depressed because my GPA wasn't as high as it needed to be, also I didn't know where to go for University or what to major in. I was in an educational limbo for a time but soon got out if it. Of course I new what I wanted to do but had no clear path.

Yeah, I have felt this for a while now. I just don't know what I'm meant to do any more. I have no friends to see and no love interests so I often sit and wonder what my purpose is in life.

After I finished HS definitely. I was one of the many without aspirations or goals really. So for about the better half of the year I did nothing and just sat at home, smoked weed and played video games. Then after a brief run in with the police I had an epiphany. I resolved to get a job... but no work experience and no real world knowledge it took me a while to get the wheels spinning.

Nowadays life is good. Got a good job and video games just keep getting better.

Every single day man. Seriously, usually I look around and just am not sure which direction I want to head in. I get weighed down by this overwhelming depression which only makes worse and slows progress.

At least I didn't totally waste my day and actually worked on some creative outlets. I think I am finally starting to get back into stuff.

-Have I ever felt lost?
Thing is, I've never once felt like I was path I could lose track of in the first place, I've really only ever lived with the flow others made for me, till I was 17 or so, and lived with minimum effort for survival afterwards.

-Feeling of not knowing what to do or what I want?
I've always been uncertain and a person incapable of believing in them-self. The thing I know I can do, I have absolute confidence that I can do them, but those things always came incredibly easily for me. I've never once put effort into math, sitting around half conscious, I could past test with A- to A+ average throughout high school. For all the things I can do, I've never worked for them.... I've never earned anything (outside of games) through perseverance and hard work, so I don't know what I am capable of.

-The feeling where you knew nothing could possibly make your day better?
I never go into the day with positive or negative expectations, I literally live by the min (in the moment) at this time. For the most part I am happy and I'm not doing anything (physically) self-destructive.

-Feeling of goals and aspirations not worth it?
Though I am fully aware it's simply that I pay more attention to the things around me by the day, Things "feel" as if their getting worst and my views and expectations are anything but positive. I'd like to have confidence enough to start gambling on the idea "better things will happen with effort", but I feel I have to little to risk. Being a coward limits me a bit.

Ultimately pointless, but an example:

Perhaps the best way to deal with this is to discuss it with other people. To know that they are not alone in this feeling this way. It is another reason that i started this tread.

Actually lately is the first time I've been feeling better about the direction my life is headed. I met an amazing man who is perfect in every way and I'm getting a start on my visual merchandising career for our company. I feel really excited to work on the new display projects assigned and to be able to advance farther in the future.

I have my wonderful aunt, a place to live where I feel comfortable, and enough money every month to be able to purchase 2 CD pre-orders from my favorite artist (was kinda bummed by having to do that actually... irrelevant story)

The only thing left to fix now is my credit and my car situation.

I spent the last 2 years pondering that same question until 3 weeks ago. I'd lost all my self esteem because stuff piled up on top of me, became too much, then I got depressed and became a shut-in. Any attempts anyone made to talk to me about it I shot down instantly. The only time I went out was when friends invited me out. It wasn't a healthy lifestyle, I can tell you that.

It took getting a girlfriend and an intervention from le parents to get me out of it. That, and with support from family and friends I'm now volunteering at a charity shop every Saturday while looking for work and signing on weekly while going to places they refer me to to help me get back into work. So right now, all is relatively good.

Honestly, I'm feeling like I'm tied up and being dragged behind a car along the road of life. Suddenly, it turns, and I'm swung out and hit other cars, side walks, trees, etc. When I move out, I'll probably feel more in control.

There's a road?